Voice Payment Method and Electronic Device

ABSTRACT

A voice payment method and an electronic device are provided. The method includes: A first electronic device receives voice information of a user, where the voice information is used to indicate a payment operation performed by the user; when a voiceprint feature of the voice information meets a preset condition, the first electronic device requests a second electronic device to authenticate the user; the second electronic device prompts the user to perform an authentication process, where the authentication process includes one or more of fingerprint authentication, facial recognition, password authentication, verification code authentication, and near field communication NFC authentication; when authentication performed by the second electronic device on the user succeeds, the second electronic device indicates to the first electronic device that authentication performed by the second electronic device on the user succeeds; and the first electronic device completes the payment operation with a payment platform.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a National Stage of International Application No.PCT/CN2020/135652, filed on Dec. 11, 2020, which claims priority toChinese Patent Application No. 201911272339.6, filed on Dec. 12, 2019.Both of the aforementioned applications are hereby incorporated byreference in their entireties.

TECHNICAL FIELD

This application relates to the field of electronic devices, and morespecifically, to a payment method and an electronic device.

BACKGROUND

Mobile payment has become an indispensable part of everyone's life:Based on the “Overall Operation of the Payment System in the FourthQuarter of 2018” released by the People's Bank of China, mobile paymentcontinues to make great strides in 2018, there are 605.3 billion mobilepayment services, an amount is 277.4 trillion yuan, year-on-year growthis respectively 61.2% and 36.7%, and a quantity of transactions and antransaction amount exceed a growth rate of 2017 again.

However, in this case, although a voice control system becomesincreasingly popular, for a smart speaker that has gradually become ahome control and entertainment center, there is a huge potentialsecurity risk in a conventional voice interaction manner used for thespeaker, and consequently, voice payment performed by using the smartspeaker has not been mature and cannot be put into the market.Manufactures such as Alibaba, Baidu, and Amazon are all trying to launchvoice payment, but an actual effect is not ideal, and a large quantityof error break events occur. How to improve speaker-based voice paymentsecurity becomes an urgent problem to be resolved.

SUMMARY

This application provides a voice payment method and an electronicdevice, to help improve voice payment security. The voice payment methodin embodiments of this application may be applied to an electronicdevice such as an artificial intelligent terminal.

According to a first aspect, a system is provided. The system includes afirst electronic device and a second electronic device, and the firstelectronic device and the second electronic device are associated byusing a cloud server. The first electronic device is configured toreceive first voice information of a user. The first voice informationis used to indicate a payment operation performed by the user. When avoiceprint feature of the first voice information meets a presetcondition, the first electronic device is further configured to sendrequest information to the second electronic device. The requestinformation is used to request the second electronic device toauthenticate the user. The second electronic device is configured toprompt, based on the request information, the user to perform anauthentication process. The authentication process includes one or moreof fingerprint authentication, facial recognition, passwordauthentication, verification code authentication, and near fieldcommunication NFC authentication. When authentication performed by thesecond electronic device on the user succeeds, the second electronicdevice is further configured to send response information to the firstelectronic device. The response information is used to indicate thatauthentication performed by the second electronic device on the usersucceeds. The first electronic device is further configured to completethe payment operation with a payment platform based on the responseinformation.

In this embodiment of this application, after voiceprint authenticationperformed by the first electronic device on the user succeeds, the firstelectronic device may continue to request the second electronic devicewith a higher degree of privacy and higher biometric recognitionsecurity to authenticate the user. The second electronic device mayauthenticate the user in one or more authentication manners in printauthentication, facial recognition, password authentication,verification code authentication, and near field communication NFCauthentication. After authentication performed by the second electronicdevice on the user succeeds, the first electronic device completes thepayment operation with the payment platform, to help improve voicepayment security.

In some possible implementations, the first electronic device and thesecond electronic device may perform direct communication by using anear field communication technology such as Bluetooth, or performindirect communication by using the cloud server.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementations of the firstaspect, the request information includes information about a commoditycorresponding to the payment operation, and the second electronic deviceis further configured to: before sending the response information to thefirst electronic device, determine that the user authorizes payment forthe commodity.

In this embodiment of this application, the user may select, on thesecond electronic device, a commodity that needs to be authorized. Whenthe second electronic device authenticates the user, the secondelectronic device may determine the information about the commodity fromthe request information, to determine whether the user authorizes apayment operation for the commodity. This helps improve voice paymentsecurity, to further ensure property security of the user.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementations of the firstaspect, the request information includes a payment amount of thecommodity, and the second electronic device is further configured to:before sending the response information to the first electronic device,determine that the payment amount falls within a preset limit.

In this embodiment of this application, after determining that the userauthorizes the commodity, the second electronic device may furtherdetermine the payment amount of the commodity from the requestinformation, to determine whether the payment amount falls within alimit authorized by the user. This helps improve voice payment security,to further ensure property security of the user.

In some possible implementations, the preset limit includes asingle-time payment limit and a single-day payment limit.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementations of the firstaspect, the authentication process includes NFC authentication, and thefirst electronic device stores identification information of the secondelectronic device. The first electronic device is further configured toprompt the user to move the second electronic device close to the firstelectronic device. The second electronic device is further configured tosend a verification message to the first electronic device through NFC.The verification message includes first identification information. Thefirst electronic device is further configured to send a verificationresponse to the second electronic device when the first identificationinformation is the same as the identification information of the secondelectronic device. The verification response is used to indicate thatauthentication performed on an identifier of the second electronicdevice succeeds.

In this embodiment of this application, the second electronic device mayauthenticate the user through an NFC physical touch. In this way, acumbersome operation performed by the user on the second electronicdevice can be avoided, and authentication can be completed only bymoving the second electronic device close to the first electronicdevice. This helps simplify an operation performed by the user duringvoice payment, to improve user experience when voice payment security isensured.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementations of the firstaspect, the first electronic device is further configured to randomlygenerate verification information before sending the request informationto the second electronic device; the first electronic device is furtherconfigured to send second voice information to the user, where thesecond voice information is used to prompt the user to repeat theverification information; the first electronic device is furtherconfigured to receive third voice information sent by the user, wherethe third voice information includes the verification information; andthe first electronic device is further configured to determine that avoiceprint feature of the third voice information meets the presetcondition.

In this embodiment of this application, after determining that thevoiceprint feature of the first voice information of the user meets thepreset condition, the second electronic device may further prompt theuser to repeat the verification information (for example, a random digitor a random letter). This helps prevent a criminal from simulating avoiceprint in a recording-playing manner, to help improve voice paymentsecurity.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementations of the firstaspect, the first electronic device is further configured to: beforerandomly generating the verification information, prompt the user toenter the verification information.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementations of the firstaspect, the verification information includes a digit and/or a letter.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementations of the firstaspect, the first electronic device is a smart speaker.

According to a second aspect, a voice payment method is provided. Themethod is applied to a first electronic device, and the method includes:A first electronic device receives first voice information of a user,where the first voice information is used to indicate a paymentoperation performed by the user; when a voiceprint feature of the firstvoice information meets a preset condition, the first electronic devicesends request information to a second electronic device, where therequest information is used to request the second electronic device toauthenticate the user; the first electronic device receives responseinformation sent by the second electronic device, where the responseinformation is used to indicate that authentication performed by thesecond electronic device on the user succeeds; and the first electronicdevice completes the payment operation with a payment platform.

In this embodiment of this application, after voiceprint authenticationperformed by the first electronic device on the user succeeds, the firstelectronic device may continue to request a second electronic devicewith a higher degree of privacy and higher biometric recognitionsecurity to authenticate the user. After authentication performed by thesecond electronic device on the user succeeds, the first electronicdevice completes the payment operation with the payment platform, tohelp improve voice payment security.

In some possible implementations, the second electronic device mayauthenticate the user in one or more authentication manners in printauthentication, facial recognition, password authentication,verification code authentication, and near field communication NFCauthentication.

With reference to the second aspect, in some implementations of thesecond aspect, the request information includes information about acommodity corresponding to the payment operation.

The information about the commodity is used by the second electronicdevice to determine whether the user authorizes a payment operation forthe commodity.

With reference to the second aspect, in some implementations of thesecond aspect, the request information further includes a payment amountof the commodity.

The payment amount is used by the second electronic device to determinewhether the payment amount falls within a payment limit.

With reference to the second aspect, in some implementations of thesecond aspect, the first electronic device stores identificationinformation of the second electronic device, and before the firstelectronic device receives the response information sent by the secondelectronic device, the method further includes: prompting the user tomove the second electronic device close to the first electronic device;receiving, through NFC, a verification message sent by the secondelectronic device, where the verification message includes the firstidentification information; and sending a verification response to thesecond electronic device when the first identification information isthe same as the identification information of the second electronicdevice, where the verification response is used to indicate thatauthentication performed on an identifier of the second electronicdevice succeeds.

In this embodiment of this application, the second electronic device mayauthenticate the user through an NFC physical touch. In this way, acumbersome operation performed by the user on the second electronicdevice can be avoided, and authentication can be completed only bymoving the second electronic device close to the first electronicdevice. This helps simplify an operation performed by the user duringvoice payment, to improve user experience when voice payment security isensured.

With reference to the second aspect, in some implementations of thesecond aspect, before the first electronic device sends the requestinformation to the second electronic device, the method furtherincludes: The first electronic device randomly generates verificationinformation; the first electronic device sends second voice informationto the user, where the second voice information is used to prompt theuser to repeat the verification information; the first electronic devicereceives third voice information sent by the user, where the third voiceinformation includes the verification information; and the firstelectronic device determines that a voiceprint feature of the thirdvoice information meets the preset condition.

In this embodiment of this application, after determining that thevoiceprint feature of the first voice information of the user meets thepreset condition, the second electronic device may further prompt theuser to repeat the verification information (for example, a random digitor a random letter). This helps prevent a criminal from simulating avoiceprint in a recording-playing manner, to help improve voice paymentsecurity.

With reference to the second aspect, in some implementations of thesecond aspect, before the first electronic device randomly generates theverification information, the method further includes: The firstelectronic device prompts the user to enter the verificationinformation.

With reference to the second aspect, in some implementations of thesecond aspect, the verification information includes a digit and/or aletter.

According to a third aspect, an apparatus is provided. The apparatus isincluded in an electronic device, and the apparatus has a function ofimplementing the behavior of the electronic device in the foregoingaspects and the possible implementations of the foregoing aspects. Thefunction may be implemented by using hardware, or may be implemented byhardware executing corresponding software. The hardware or the softwareincludes one or more modules or units corresponding to the foregoingfunctions.

According to a fourth aspect, an electronic device is provided, andincludes one or more processors, a memory, and one or more computerprograms. The one or more computer programs are stored in the memory,and the one or more computer programs include instructions. When theinstructions are executed by the electronic device, the electronicdevice is enabled to perform the voice payment method in any possibleimplementation of the second aspect.

According to a fifth aspect, this technical solution provides a computerstorage medium, including computer instructions. When the computerinstructions run on an electronic device, the electronic device isenabled to perform the voice payment method in any possibleimplementation of the second aspect.

According to a sixth aspect, this technical solution provides a computerprogram product. When the computer program product runs on an electronicdevice, the electronic device performs the voice payment method in anypossible design of the second aspect.

According to a seventh aspect, this technical solution provides a chipsystem. The chip system includes at least one processor, and whenprogram instructions are executed by the at least one processor, afunction of an electronic device in any possible method in the secondaspect is implemented.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a structure of an electronic deviceaccording to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a software structure of an electronicdevice according to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 3(a) to FIG. 3(b) show a group of GUIs according to an embodimentof this application;

FIG. 4(a) to FIG. 4(d) show another group of GUIs according to anembodiment of this application;

FIG. 5(a) to FIG. 5(c) show another group of GUIs according to anembodiment of this application;

FIG. 6(a) to FIG. 6(d) show another group of GUIs according to anembodiment of this application;

FIG. 7(a) to FIG. 7(c) show another group of GUIs according to anembodiment of this application;

FIG. 8(a) to FIG. 8(c) show another group of GUIs according to anembodiment of this application;

FIG. 9(a) to FIG. 9(d) show another group of GUIs according to anembodiment of this application;

FIG. 10(a) to FIG. 10(c) show another group of GUIs according to anembodiment of this application;

FIG. 11(a) and FIG. 11(b) show another group of GUIs according to anembodiment of this application;

FIG. 12 is a schematic flowchart of a voiceprint registration methodaccording to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 13 is a schematic flowchart of performing voice payment by using aspeaker according to an embodiment of this application; and

FIG. 14 is a schematic flowchart of a voice payment method according toan embodiment of this application.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF ILLUSTRATIVE EMBODIMENTS

Terms used in the following embodiments are merely intended to describeparticular embodiments, but are not intended to limit this application.The terms “one”, “a”, “the”, “the foregoing”, “this”, and “the one” ofsingular forms used in this specification and the appended claims ofthis application are also intended to include expressions such as “oneor more”, unless otherwise specified in the context clearly. It shouldbe further understood that, in the following embodiments of thisapplication, “at least one” or “one or more” means one, two, or more.The term “and/or” is used to describe an association relationshipbetween associated objects and represents that three relationships mayexist. For example, A and/or B may represent the following three cases:Only A exists, both A and B exist, and only B exists, where A and B maybe singular or plural. The character “/” generally indicates an “or”relationship between the associated objects.

Reference to “an embodiment”, “some embodiments”, or the like describedin this specification means that one or more embodiments of thisapplication include a specific feature, structure, or characteristicdescribed with reference to embodiments. Therefore, statements such as“in an embodiment”, “in some embodiments”, “in some other embodiments”,and “in other embodiments” that appear at different places in thisspecification do not necessarily mean referring to a same embodiment,instead, they mean “one or more but not all of the embodiments”, unlessotherwise specifically emphasized. The terms “include”, “contain”,“have”, and their variants all mean “include but is not limited to”,unless otherwise specifically emphasized.

The following describes an electronic device, a user interface used forthe electronic device, and embodiments used for using the electronicdevice. In some embodiments, the electronic device may be a portableelectronic device that further includes another function such as apersonal digital assistant function and/or a music player function, forexample, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, or a wearable electronicdevice (for example, a smartwatch or the like) having a wirelesscommunications function. An example embodiment of the portableelectronic device includes but is not limited to a portable electronicdevice provided with iOS®, Android®, Microsoft®, or another operatingsystem. The portable electronic device may alternatively be anotherportable electronic device, for example a laptop (laptop) or the like.It should be further understood that, in some other embodiments, theforegoing electronic device may not be the portable electronic devicebut a desktop computer.

For example, FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a structure of anelectronic device boo. The electronic device 100 may include a processor110, an external memory interface 120, an internal memory 121, auniversal serial bus (universal serial bus, USB) port 130, a chargingmanagement module 140, a power management module 141, a battery 142, anantenna 1, an antenna 2, a mobile communications module 150, a wirelesscommunications module 160, an audio module 170, a speaker 170A, areceiver 170B, a microphone 170C, a headset jack 170D, a sensor module180, a compass 190, a motor 191, an indicator 192, a camera 193, adisplay 194, a subscriber identification module (subscriberidentification module, SIM) card interface 195, and the like.

It may be understood that the structure shown in this embodiment of thisapplication does not constitute a specific limitation on the electronicdevice 100. In some other embodiments of this application, theelectronic device 100 may include more or fewer components than thoseshown in the figure, some components may be combined, or some componentsmay be split, or different component arrangements may be used. Thecomponents shown in the figure may be implemented by using hardware,software, or a combination of software and hardware.

The processor 110 may include one or more processing units. For example,the processor 110 may include an application processor (applicationprocessor, AP), a modem processor, a graphics processing unit (graphicsprocessing unit, GPU), an image signal processor (image signalprocessor, ISP), a controller, a video codec, a digital signal processor(digital signal processor, DSP), a baseband processor, a neural-networkprocessing unit (neural-network processing unit, NPU), and/or the like.Different processing units may be independent components, or may beintegrated into one or more processors. In some embodiments, theelectronic device 101 may alternatively include one or more processors110. The controller may generate an operation control signal based oninstruction operation code and a time sequence signal, to completecontrol of instruction fetching and instruction execution. In some otherembodiments, a memory may further be disposed in the processor 110, tostore instructions and data. For example, the memory in the processor110 may be a cache. The memory may store instructions or data just usedor cyclically used by the processor 110. If the processor 110 needs touse the instructions or the data again, the processor 110 may directlyinvoke the instructions or the data from the memory. In this way,repeated access is avoided, waiting time of the processor 110 isreduced, and efficiency of processing data or executing instructions bythe electronic device 101 is improved.

In some embodiments, the processor 110 may include one or moreinterfaces. The interface may include an inter-integrated circuit(inter-integrated circuit, I2C) interface, an inter-integrated circuitsound (inter-integrated circuit sound, I2S) interface, a pulse codemodulation (pulse code modulation, PCM) interface, a universalasynchronous receiver/transmitter (universal asynchronousreceiver/transmitter, UART) interface, a mobile industry processorinterface (mobile industry processor interface, MIPI), a general-purposeinput/output (general-purpose input/output, GPIO) interface, a SIM cardinterface, a USB port, and/or the like. The USB port 130 is a port thatconforms to a USB standard specification, and may be specifically a miniUSB port, a micro USB port, a USB Type-C port, or the like. The USB port130 may be configured to connect to a charger to charge the electronicdevice 101, or may be configured to transmit data between the electronicdevice 101 and a peripheral device. The USB port 130 may alternativelybe configured to connect to a headset, and play audio by using theheadset.

It may be understood that the interface connection relationship betweenthe modules illustrated in this embodiment of this application is merelyan example for description, and does not constitute a limitation on thestructure of the electronic device 100. In some other embodiments ofthis application, the electronic device 100 may alternatively use aninterface connection manner different from an interface connectionmanner in this embodiment, or use a combination of a plurality ofinterface connection manners.

The charging management module 140 is configured to receive a charginginput from a charger. The charger may be a wireless charger or a wiredcharger. In some embodiments of wired charging, the charging managementmodule 140 may receive a charging input from the wired charger throughthe USB port 130. In some embodiments of wireless charging, the chargingmanagement module 140 may receive a wireless charging input through awireless charging coil of the electronic device 100. The chargingmanagement module 140 may further supply power to the electronic devicethrough the power management module 141 while charging the battery 142.

The power management module 141 is configured to connect the battery142, the charging management module 140, and the processor 110. Thepower management module 141 receives an input of the battery 142 and/orthe charging management module 140, and supplies power to the processor110, the internal memory 121, an external memory, the display 194, thecamera 193, the wireless communications module 160, and the like. Thepower management module 141 may further be configured to monitorparameters such as a battery capacity, a battery cycle count, and abattery health status (electric leakage or impedance). In some otherembodiments, the power management module 141 may alternatively bedisposed in the processor 110. In some other embodiments, the powermanagement module 141 and the charging management module 140 mayalternatively be disposed in a same device.

A wireless communications function of the electronic device 100 may beimplemented through the antenna 1, the antenna 2, the mobilecommunications module 150, the wireless communications module 160, themodem processor, the baseband processor, and the like.

The antenna 1 and the antenna 2 are configured to transmit and receiveelectromagnetic wave signals. Each antenna in the electronic device 100may be configured to cover one or more communication frequency bands.Different antennas may be further multiplexed to improve antennautilization. For example, the antenna 1 may be multiplexed as adiversity antenna in a wireless local area network. In some otherembodiments, an antenna may be used in combination with a tuning switch.

The mobile communications module 150 can provide a solution, applied tothe electronic device 100, to wireless communication including 2G, 3G,4G, 5G, and the like. The mobile communications module 150 may includeat least one filter, a switch, a power amplifier, a low noise amplifier(low noise amplifier, LNA), and the like. The mobile communicationsmodule 150 may receive an electromagnetic wave through the antenna 1,perform processing such as filtering or amplification on the receivedelectromagnetic wave, and transmit a processed electromagnetic wave tothe modem processor for demodulation. The mobile communications module150 may further amplify a signal modulated by the modem processor, andconvert the signal into an electromagnetic wave by using the antenna 1for radiation. In some embodiments, at least some function modules ofthe mobile communications module 150 may be disposed in the processor110. In some embodiments, at least some function modules of the mobilecommunications module 150 may be disposed in the same device as at leastsome modules of the processor 110.

The wireless communications module 160 may provide a wirelesscommunications solution that includes a wireless local area network(wireless local area network, WLAN) (for example, a wireless fidelity(wireless fidelity, Wi-Fi) network), Bluetooth (Bluetooth, BT), a globalnavigation satellite system (global navigation satellite system, GNSS),frequency modulation (frequency modulation, FM), near fieldcommunication (near field communication, NFC), an infrared (infrared,IR) technology, or the like and that is applied to the electronic device100. The wireless communications module 160 may be one or morecomponents integrating at least one communications processor module. Thewireless communications module 160 receives an electromagnetic wavethrough the antenna 2, performs frequency modulation and filteringprocessing on the electromagnetic wave signal, and sends a processedsignal to the processor 110. The wireless communications module 160 mayfurther receive a to-be-sent signal from the processor 110, performfrequency modulation and amplification on the signal, and convert thesignal into an electromagnetic wave for radiation through the antenna 2.

The electronic device 100 implements a display function by using theGPU, the display 194, the application processor, and the like. The GPUis a microprocessor for image processing, and is connected to thedisplay 194 and the application processor. The GPU is configured toperform mathematical and geometric calculation, and render an image. Theprocessor 110 may include one or more GPUs, which execute programinstructions to generate or change display information.

The display 194 is configured to display an image, a video, and thelike. The display 194 includes a display panel. The display panel mayuse a liquid crystal display (liquid crystal display, LCD), an organiclight-emitting diode (organic light-emitting diode, OLED), anactive-matrix organic light-emitting diode (active-matrix organiclight-emitting diode, AMOLED), a flex light-emitting diode (flexlight-emitting diode, FLED), a Mini-Led, a Micro-Led, a Micro-oLed, aquantum dot light-emitting diode (quantum dot light-emitting diode,QLED), or the like. In some embodiments, the electronic device 100 mayinclude one or more displays 194.

In some embodiments of this application, when the display panel is madeof a material such as the OLED, the AMOLED, or the FLED, the display 194in FIG. 1 may be bent. Herein, that the display 194 may be bent meansthat the display may be bent to any angle at any part, and may be heldat the angle. For example, the display 194 may be folded left and rightfrom the middle. Alternatively, the display 194 may be folded up anddown from the middle.

The display 194 of the electronic device 100 may be a flexible screen.Currently, the flexible screen attracts much attention due to uniquefeatures and huge potential of the flexible screen. Compared with aconventional display, the flexible display has features of strongflexibility and bendability, and can provide a user with a newbendability-based interaction mode, to satisfy more requirements of theuser on an electronic device. For an electronic device configured with afoldable display, the foldable display of the electronic device may beswitched between a small screen in a folded form and a large screen inan unfolded form at any time. Therefore, the user uses a split-screenfunction more frequently on the electronic device provided with thefoldable display.

The electronic device 100 can implement a photographing function byusing the ISP, the camera 193, the video codec, the GPU, the display194, the application processor, and the like.

The ISP is configured to process data fed back by the camera 193. Forexample, during photographing, a shutter is pressed, and a ray of lightis transmitted to a photosensitive element of the camera through a lens.An optical signal is converted into an electrical signal. Thephotosensitive element of the camera transmits the electrical signal tothe ISP for processing, and the electrical signal is converted into avisible image. The ISP may further perform algorithm optimization onnoise, brightness, and a skin color of the image. The ISP may furtheroptimize parameters such as exposure and a color temperature of ashooting scenario. In some embodiments, the ISP may be disposed in thecamera 193.

The camera 193 is configured to capture a static image or a video. Anoptical image of an object is generated through the lens, and isprojected onto the photosensitive element. The photosensitive elementmay be a charge coupled device (charge coupled device, CCD) or acomplementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (complementarymetal-oxide-semiconductor, CMOS) phototransistor. The photosensitiveelement converts an optical signal into an electrical signal, and thentransmits the electrical signal to the ISP for converting the electricalsignal into a digital image signal. The ISP outputs the digital imagesignal to the DSP for processing. The DSP converts the digital imagesignal into an image signal in a standard format such as RGB or YUV. Insome embodiments, the electronic device 100 may include one or morecameras 193.

The digital signal processor is configured to process a digital signal,and may process another digital signal in addition to the digital imagesignal. For example, when the electronic device 100 selects a frequency,the digital signal processor is configured to perform Fouriertransformation on frequency energy.

The video codec is configured to compress or decompress a digital video.The electronic device 100 may support one or more video codecs.Therefore, the electronic device 100 may play or record videos in aplurality of coding formats, for example, moving picture experts group(moving picture experts group, MPEG)-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-3, MPEG-4, and thelike.

The NPU is a neural-network (neural-network, NN) computing processor.With reference to a structure of a biological neural network, forexample, with reference to a transfer mode between neurons of a humanbrain, the NPU quickly processes input information, and can furthercontinuously perform self-learning. Applications such as intelligentcognition of the electronic device 100, such as image recognition,facial recognition, speech recognition, and text understanding, can beimplemented by using the NPU.

The external memory interface 120 may be configured to connect to anexternal memory card, for example, a micro SD card, to extend a storagecapability of the electronic device 100. The external storage cardcommunicates with the processor 110 through the external memoryinterface 120, to implement a data storage function. For example, filessuch as music and videos are stored in the external memory card.

The internal memory 121 may be configured to store one or more computerprograms, and the one or more computer programs include instructions.The processor 110 may run the instructions stored in the internal memory121, so that the electronic device 101 performs the payment methodprovided in some embodiments of this application, various applications,data processing, and the like. The internal memory 121 may include aprogram storage area and a data storage area. The program storage areamay store an operating system. The program storage area may furtherstore one or more applications (for example, Gallery and Contacts), andthe like. The data storage area may store data (for example, a photo anda contact) created during use of the electronic device 101, and thelike. In addition, the internal memory 121 may include a high-speedrandom access memory, or may include a non-volatile memory, for example,one or more magnetic disk storage devices, a flash memory, or auniversal flash storage (universal flash storage, UFS). In someembodiments, the processor 110 may run the instructions stored in theinternal memory 121 and/or the instructions stored in the memory that isdisposed in the processor 110, to enable the electronic device 101 toperform the payment method provided in embodiments of this application,other applications, and data processing. The electronic device 100 canimplement audio functions, for example, a music playing function and arecording function, by using the audio module 170, the speaker 170A, thereceiver 170B, the microphone 170C, the headset jack 170D, theapplication processor, and the like. <seg/>

The sensor module 180 may include a pressure sensor 180A, a gyroscopesensor 180B, a barometric pressure sensor 180C, a magnetic sensor 180D,an acceleration sensor 180E, a distance sensor 180F, an opticalproximity sensor 180G, a fingerprint sensor 180H, a temperature sensor180J, a touch sensor 180K, an ambient light sensor 180L, a boneconduction sensor 180M, and the like.

The pressure sensor 180A is configured to sense a pressure signal, andcan convert the pressure signal into an electrical signal. In someembodiments, the pressure sensor 180A may be disposed on the display194. There are a plurality of types of pressure sensors 180A, such as aresistive pressure sensor, an inductive pressure sensor, and acapacitive pressure sensor. The capacitive pressure sensor may includeat least two parallel plates made of conductive materials. When a forceis applied to the pressure sensor 180A, capacitance between electrodeschanges. The electronic device 100 determines pressure intensity basedon a capacitance change. When a touch operation is performed on thedisplay 194, the electronic device 100 detects intensity of the touchoperation by using the pressure sensor 180A. The electronic device 100may also calculate a touch location based on a detection signal of thepressure sensor 180A. In some embodiments, touch operations that areperformed at a same touch location but have different touch operationintensity may correspond to different operation instructions. Forexample, when a touch operation whose touch operation intensity is lessthan a first pressure threshold is performed on a Messages applicationicon, an instruction for viewing an SMS message is executed. When atouch operation whose touch operation intensity is greater than or equalto the first pressure threshold is performed on a Messages applicationicon, an instruction for creating a new SMS message is executed.

The gyroscope sensor 180B may be configured to determine a motionposture of the electronic device 100. In some embodiments, an angularvelocity of the electronic device 100 around three axes (that is, axesX, Y, and Z) may be determined by using the gyroscope sensor 180B. Thegyroscope sensor 180B may be configured to perform image stabilizationduring photographing. For example, when the shutter is pressed, thegyroscope sensor 180B detects an angle at which the electronic device100 shakes, calculates, based on the angle, a distance for which a lensmodule needs to compensate, and allows the lens to eliminate the shakeof the electronic device 100 through reverse motion, to implement imagestabilization. The gyroscope sensor 180B may also be used in anavigation scenario and a somatic game scenario.

The acceleration sensor 180E may detect accelerations in variousdirections (usually on three axes) of the electronic device 100, and maydetect magnitude and a direction of gravity when the electronic device100 is still. The acceleration sensor 180E may be configured to identifya posture of the electronic device, and is used in an application suchas switching between a landscape mode and a portrait mode or apedometer.

The ambient light sensor 180L is configured to sense ambient lightbrightness. The electronic device 100 may adaptively adjust brightnessof the display 194 based on the sensed ambient light brightness. Theambient light sensor 180L may also be configured to automatically adjustwhite balance during photographing. The ambient light sensor 180L mayalso cooperate with the optical proximity sensor 180G to detect whetherthe electronic device 100 is in a pocket, to avoid an accidental touch.

The fingerprint sensor 180H is configured to collect a fingerprint. Theelectronic device 100 may use a feature of the collected fingerprint toimplement fingerprint-based unlocking, application lock access,fingerprint-based photographing, fingerprint-based call answering, andthe like.

The temperature sensor 180J is configured to detect a temperature. Insome embodiments, the electronic device 100 executes a temperatureprocessing policy based on the temperature detected by the temperaturesensor 180J. For example, when the temperature reported by thetemperature sensor 180J exceeds a threshold, the electronic device 100degrades performance of a processor near the temperature sensor 180J, toreduce power consumption for thermal protection. In some otherembodiments, when the temperature is less than another threshold, theelectronic device 100 heats the battery 142 to prevent the electronicdevice 100 from being shut down abnormally due to a low temperature. Insome other embodiments, when the temperature is less than still anotherthreshold, the electronic device 100 boosts an output voltage of thebattery 142 to avoid abnormal shutdown due to a low temperature.

The touch sensor 180K is also referred to as a “touch panel”. The touchsensor 180K may be disposed on the display 194, and the touch sensor180K and the display 194 form a touchscreen, which is also referred toas a “touch screen”. The touch sensor 180K is configured to detect atouch operation on or near the touch sensor 180K. The touch sensor maytransfer the detected touch operation to the application processor, todetermine a type of a touch event. A visual output related to the touchoperation may be provided through the display 194. In some otherembodiments, the touch sensor 180K may alternatively be disposed on asurface of the electronic device 100 at a position different from thatof the display 194.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a software structure of the electronicdevice 100 in this embodiment of this application. In a layeredarchitecture, software is divided into several layers, and each layerhas a clear role and task. The layers communicate with each otherthrough a software interface. In some embodiments, the Android system isdivided into four layers: an application layer, an application frameworklayer, an Android runtime (Android runtime) and system library, and akernel layer from top to bottom. The application layer may include aseries of application packages.

As shown in FIG. 2 , the application packages may include applicationssuch as Camera, Gallery, Calendar, Phone, Maps, Navigation, WLAN,Bluetooth, Music, Videos, and Messages.

The application framework layer provides an application programminginterface (application programming interface, API) and a programmingframework for an application at the application layer, and theapplication framework layer includes some predefined functions.

As shown in FIG. 2 , the application framework layer may include awindow manager, a content provider, a view system, a phone manager, aresource manager, a notification manager, and the like.

The window manager is configured to manage a window program. The windowmanager may obtain a size of a display, and determine whether there is astatus bar, a lock screen, a screen capture, or the like.

The content provider is configured to: store and obtain data, and enablethe data to be accessed by an application. The data may include a video,an image, audio, calls that are made and received, a browsing history, abookmark, an address book, and the like.

The view system includes visual controls such as a control fordisplaying a text and a control for displaying an image. The view systemmay be configured to construct an application. A display interface mayinclude one or more views. For example, a display interface including amessage notification icon may include a text display view and an imagedisplay view.

The phone manager is configured to provide a communication function ofthe electronic device 100, for example, management of a call status(including answering, declining, or the like).

The resource manager provides various resources for an application, suchas a localized character string, an icon, an image, a layout file, and avideo file.

The notification manager enables an application to display notificationinformation in the status bar, and may be configured to convey anotification message. The notification manager may automaticallydisappear after a short pause without requiring a user interaction. Forexample, the notification manager is configured to provide notificationsof download completing, a message prompt, and the like. The notificationmanager may be a notification that appears in a top status bar of thesystem in a form of a graph or a scroll bar text, for example, anotification of an application running on the background, or may be anotification that appears on the screen in a form of a dialog window.For example, text information is displayed in the status bar, anannouncement is given, the electronic device vibrates, or an indicatorlight blinks.

The system library may include a plurality of function modules, forexample, a surface manager (surface manager), a media library (medialibrary), a three-dimensional graphics processing library (for example,OpenGL ES), and a 2D graphics engine (for example, SGL).

The surface manager is configured to manage a display subsystem andprovide fusion of 2D and 3D layers for a plurality of applications.

The media library supports playback and recording in a plurality offrequently used audio and video formats, static image files, and thelike. The media library may support a plurality of audio and videocoding formats, for example, MPEG-4, H.264, MP3, AAC, AMR, JPG, and PNG.

The three-dimensional graphics processing library is configured toimplement three-dimensional graphics drawing, image rendering,composition, layer processing, and the like.

The 2D graphics engine is a drawing engine for 2D drawing.

The kernel layer is a layer between hardware and software. The kernellayer includes at least a display driver, a camera driver, an audiodriver, and a sensor driver.

Before a payment method in embodiments of this application is described,several concepts related to embodiments of this application are firstdescribed.

False accept rate (false accept rate, FAR): When an object recognitionalgorithm is tested on a standard authentication database, a proportionof different objects that are considered as a same object becausematching scores of the different objects are greater than a giventhreshold is simply referred to as a proportion of “objects that are notmatched but are considered as matched objects”. In a speaker-based voicepayment scenario in embodiments of this application, the proportion maybe understood as a probability that when an attacker performs voiceinteraction with a speaker, authentication performed by the speaker isbroken, and an payment application is implemented.

Forgery attack: An attacker attacks a mobile phone of a consumer byusing forged data of the consumer, to implement unlocking or a payapplication. In a speaker-based voice payment scenario in embodiments ofthis application, for example, the attacker makes an attack by fakingthe consumer through recording and synthesis.

A dolphin attack (dolphin attack) is a method of hacking into a voiceassistant by using an ultrasonic wave.

The dolphin attack is derived from a phenomenon that a dolphin can sendan ultrasonic wave to attack a target shoal of fish for food. Such anattack is made with the help of the ultrasonic wave.

A near field communication (near field communication, NFC) technology isa contactless identification and interconnection technology in whichnear field communication is performed between a mobile device, consumerelectronics, a personal computer (personal computer, PC), and anintelligent control tool. NFC is derived from a “contactless radiofrequency identification” and interconnection technology betweenwireless devices, provides a simple touch-based solution for allconsumer electronics, and allows a consumer to easily and intuitivelyexchange information, access content, and a service.

Bluetooth (Bluetooth) is a wireless technology standard, and may be usedto implement a short-range data exchange between a fixed device, amobile device, and a personal area network of a building (by using anultra high frequency (ultra high frequency, UHF) radio wave on anindustrial scientific and medical (industrial scientific medical, ISM)frequency band of 2.4 GHz to 2.485 GHz). Bluetooth may connect aplurality of devices, overcoming a data synchronization problem.

An existing payment manner such as password verification, fingerprintverification, facial recognition, a digital certificate, or a dynamicpassword that meets a commercial standard is not applicable to ascreenless device, for example, a speaker. In a voice interaction mannermost commonly used for the speaker, namely, a voiceprint biometricrecognition technology, simulation, recording replication, a dolphinattack, or the like easily occurs due to a high false accept rate, andconsequently, a security level required by a payment level cannot bereached. Embodiments of this application provide a method for supportinghigh-security speaker-based voice payment by performing multi-devicelinkage to perform multi-authentication and verification. The voicepayment method in embodiments of this application may support thespeaker to complete payment behaviors such as online shopping, a WeChattransfer, an Alipay transfer, a bank transfer, and mobile recharge.

FIG. 3(a) to FIG. 3(b) show a group of graphical user interfaces(graphical user interface, GUI) according to an embodiment of thisapplication.

As shown in FIG. 3(a), a user sends a voice instruction “Hey Celia,please help me recharge 100 yuan of a phone bill” to a speaker. Afterreceiving the voice instruction from the user, the speaker may return“Please repeat 0324 after me” to the user. In this embodiment of thisapplication, the speaker may request the user to repeat a group ofrandom digits, to prevent, to some extent, a criminal from simulating avoiceprint of the user in a recording-playing manner.

After receiving a repeating request from the speaker, the user mayrepeat “0324”. After receiving “0324” read by the user, the speaker mayverify the voiceprint of the user. After verification succeeds, thespeaker may prompt the user with “Perform secondary authentication on amobile phone”.

It should be understood that, in this embodiment of this application,the speaker may pre-prompt the user to enter voiceprint information. Forexample, the speaker may prompt the user to repeat a segment of randomdigits “0123456789”, or prompt the user to repeat a segment of randomletters “ABCDEF, . . . , and N”, or the like. After receiving a wakeupkeyword (for example, “Hey Celia”) and the voice instruction sent by theuser, the speaker may continue to prompt the user to repeat a group ofrandom digits or random letters, to verify the voiceprint of the user,and avoid simulating the voiceprint of the user in a recording-playingmanner.

In a GUI shown in FIG. 3(b), after the speaker receives “0324” that isrepeated by the user, the speaker may indicate the mobile phone toperform secondary verification. After receiving an indication from thespeaker, the mobile phone may automatically pop up a notification box301. The notification box 301 may display “Recharge 100 yuan of a phonebill for a mobile phone with a tail number of 9676, and please performfingerprint verification”, and prompt the user with “Perform fingerprintverification at any location on the screen”. After the mobile phonedetects an operation that the user presses or touches any location on ascreen of the mobile phone by using a finger, the mobile phone maycollect a fingerprint of the user, and verify the fingerprint of theuser. After verification performed by the mobile phone on thefingerprint of the user succeeds, the mobile phone may indicate, to thespeaker, that secondary authentication succeeds.

As shown in FIG. 3(c), after the speaker receives an indicationindicating that secondary authentication performed by the mobile phonesucceeds, the speaker may complete, with a payment platform, a paymentbehavior of mobile recharge. After payment is completed, the speaker mayprompt the user with “Identity authentication succeeds, and rechargingsucceeds. Please pay attention to an SMS message of the mobile phone”.

It should be understood that, in this embodiment of this application,the mobile phone and the speaker may satisfy a same distributed service.For example, after the user logs in to a same account on the speaker andthe mobile phone, the speaker and the mobile phone may separatelyupload, to a cloud server, the account that the user logs in to andidentification information of a device, and the cloud server mayassociate a plurality of devices with a same account.

In an embodiment, the mobile phone and the speaker may be located in asame distributed operating system. For example, an operating system ofthe mobile phone may be a Harmony operating system, and an operatingsystem of the speaker may be a Harmony operating system. The user maylog in to a same account on the mobile phone and the speaker, toassociate the mobile phone and the speaker on the cloud server. In thiscase, it can be understood that the mobile phone and the speaker arelocated in a same distributed operating system.

For example, an operating system of the mobile phone may be an Androidoperating system, and an operating system of the speaker may be aHarmony operating system. The user may log in to a same account on themobile phone and the speaker, to associate the mobile phone and thespeaker on the cloud server. In this case, it can be understood that themobile phone and the speaker satisfy a same distributed service.

In this embodiment of this application, multi-device linkage isperformed to perform multi-authentication and verification, to helpimprove voice payment security. The speaker may request the user torepeat a group of random digits, to prevent, to some extent, a criminalfrom simulating the voiceprint of the user in a recording-playingmanner. In addition, the mobile phone, a device with a higher degree ofprivacy and a higher biometric recognition security level, is used, andmulti-device linkage is performed on the mobile phone and the speaker toperform multi-authentication and verification, to meet a high securityrequirement of voice payment.

FIG. 4(a) to FIG. 4(d) show a group of GUIs according to an embodimentof this application.

As shown in FIG. 4(a), a user sends a voice instruction “Hey Celia,please transfer 500 yuan to a bank card of Zhang Wei” to a speaker.After receiving the voice instruction from the user, the speaker mayreturn “Please repeat 0926 after me” to the user. After receiving arepeating request from the speaker, the user may repeat “0926”. Afterreceiving “0926” read by the user, the speaker may verify a voiceprintof the user. After verification succeeds, the speaker may prompt theuser with “Perform secondary authentication on a mobile phone”.

In a GUI shown in FIG. 4(b), after the speaker receives “0926” that isrepeated by the user, the speaker may indicate the mobile phone toperform secondary verification. After receiving an indication from thespeaker, the mobile phone may automatically pop up a notification box401. The notification box 401 may display “Transfer 500 yuan to a bankcard with a tail number of 1990”, and prompt the user with “Shoot yourface. Please ensure that you are facing your mobile phone and that thereis sufficient light”. After detecting an operation that the user taps acontrol 402, the mobile phone may display a GUI shown in FIG. 4(c).

The GUI shown in FIG. 4(c) is a user face collection interface. Themobile phone may prompt the user with “Pick up the mobile phone andblink”. The user may align a face with a camera, and the mobile phonemay collect face information of the user and recognize the face of theuser. If the mobile phone determines that facial recognition succeeds,the mobile phone may indicate, to the speaker, that secondaryauthentication succeeds.

As shown in FIG. 4(d), after the speaker receives an indicationindicating that secondary authentication performed by the mobile phonesucceeds, the speaker may complete, with a payment platform, a paymentbehavior of transferring 500 yuan to the user Zhang Wei. After atransfer to the user Zhang Wei succeeds, the speaker may prompt, byusing a voice, the user with “Identity authentication succeeds, and atransfer succeeds. Please pay attention to an SMS message of the mobilephone”.

In this embodiment of this application, multi-device linkage isperformed to perform multi-authentication and verification. When paymentis performed by using the speaker, facial recognition performed by themobile phone and voiceprint verification performed by the speaker may becombined, to help improve voice payment security.

FIG. 5(a) to FIG. 5(c) show another group of GUIs according to anembodiment of this application.

As shown in FIG. 5(a), a user sends a voice instruction “Hey Celia,please help me purchase a bottle of shampoo on Jingdong” to a speaker.After receiving the voice instruction from the user, the speaker mayreturn “Please repeat 5912 after me” to the user. After receiving arepeating request from the speaker, the user may repeat “5912”. Afterreceiving “5912” read by the user, the speaker may verify a voiceprintof the user. After verification succeeds, the speaker may prompt theuser with “Perform secondary authentication on a mobile phone”.

In a GUI shown in FIG. 5(b), after the speaker receives “5912” that isrepeated by the user, the speaker may indicate the mobile phone toperform secondary verification. After receiving an indication from thespeaker, the mobile phone may automatically pop up a notification box501. The notification box 501 may display “Please perform passwordverification before purchasing a commodity”. After the mobile phonedetects an operation that the user enters a password and taps a control502, the mobile phone may verify the password entered by the user. Afterverification performed by the mobile phone on the password entered bythe user succeeds, the mobile phone may indicate, to the speaker, thatsecondary authentication succeeds.

As shown in FIG. 5(c), after the speaker receives an indicationindicating that secondary authentication performed by the mobile phonesucceeds, the speaker may complete, with a payment platform, a paymentbehavior of purchasing the shampoo. After payment succeeds, the speakermay prompt, by using a voice, the user with “Identity authenticationsucceeds, and a purchase succeeds. Please pay attention to an SMSmessage of the mobile phone”.

In this embodiment of this application, multi-device linkage isperformed to perform multi-authentication and verification. When paymentis performed by using the speaker, password authentication performed bythe mobile phone and voiceprint verification performed by the speakermay be combined, to help improve voice payment security.

FIG. 6(a) to FIG. 6(d) show another group of GUIs according to anembodiment of this application.

As shown in FIG. 6(a), a user sends a voice instruction “Hey Celia,please help me pay a property fee” to a speaker. After receiving thevoice instruction from the user, the speaker may return “Please repeatEFGH after me” to the user. After receiving a repeating request from thespeaker, the user may repeat “EFGH”. After receiving “EFGH” read by theuser, the speaker may verify a voiceprint of the user. Afterverification succeeds, the speaker may prompt the user with “Performsecondary authentication on a mobile phone”.

In a GUI shown in FIG. 6(b), after the speaker receives “EFGH” that isrepeated by the user, the speaker may indicate the mobile phone toperform secondary verification. After receiving an indication from thespeaker, the mobile phone may send a request to a cloud server, torequest the cloud server to provide a verification code for currentpayment. The cloud server may send the verification code to the mobilephone. After receiving a verification code from an operator, the mobilephone may automatically pop up a notification box 601. The notificationbox 601 may display “Dear user, a verification code of your currentpayment is 8326 (your dynamic password), and expires after 30 minutes.Do not tell others for security of your account”. After receiving theverification code, the mobile phone may automatically display a GUIshown in FIG. 6(c).

Referring to the GUI shown in FIG. 6(c), a notification box 602 forentering a verification code may be automatically displayed on a homescreen of the mobile phone. After the mobile phone detects an operationthat the user enters a verification code and taps a control 603, themobile phone may verify the verification code entered by the user. Afterverification performed by the mobile phone on the verification codeentered by the user succeeds, the mobile phone may indicate, to thespeaker, that secondary authentication succeeds.

It should be understood that a process in which the mobile phoneverifies the verification code entered by the user may be as follows:After detecting the verification code entered by the user, the mobilephone sends the verification code to the cloud server; the cloud servermay determine whether the verification code sent by the mobile phone isthe same as a verification code sent by a remote server to the mobilephone; if the verification code sent by the mobile phone is the same asthe verification code sent by the remote server to the mobile phone, thecloud server may indicate, to the mobile phone, information indicatingthat verification performed on the verification code succeeds; and afterreceiving the information, the mobile phone may determine that secondaryauthentication succeeds.

Referring to FIG. 6(d), after receiving an indication indicating thatsecondary authentication performed by the mobile phone succeeds, thespeaker may complete payment of the property fee with a paymentplatform. After payment succeeds, the speaker may prompt, by using avoice, the user with “Identity authentication succeeds, and payment of aproperty fee succeeds. Please pay attention to an SMS message of themobile phone”.

In this embodiment of this application, multi-device linkage isperformed to perform multi-authentication and verification. When paymentis performed by using the speaker, verification code authentication andvoiceprint verification performed by the speaker may be combined, tohelp improve voice payment security.

FIG. 7(a) to FIG. 7(c) show another group of GUIs according to anembodiment of this application.

As shown in FIG. 7(a), a user sends a voice instruction “Hey Celia,please help me recharge 100 yuan of a phone bill” to a speaker. Afterreceiving the voice instruction from the user, the speaker may return“Please repeat WHDU after me” to the user.

After receiving a repeating request from the speaker, the user mayrepeat “WHDU”. After receiving “WHDU” read by the user, the speaker mayverify a voiceprint of the user. After verification succeeds, thespeaker may prompt the user with “Please touch me by using a mobilephone, to perform verification”.

As shown in FIG. 7(b), the user may move, close to the speaker, a mobilephone whose near field communication controller interface (NFCcontroller interface, NCI) function is enabled. After detecting, byusing an NFC function, that the mobile phone is moved close to thespeaker, the mobile phone may indicate, to the speaker, that secondaryauthentication succeeds.

It should be understood that based on a protocol specification forinstructions and data of communication between an NFC near fieldcommunication controller (NFC controller, NFCC) and a device host(device host, DH), in this embodiment of this application, the mobilephone may be used as a card reader device, and the speaker may be usedas an authentication device. After the mobile phone is moved close tothe speaker, the mobile phone may send identification information of themobile phone to the speaker through NFC near field communication. Thespeaker may verify the identifier information of the mobile phone, andif verification succeeds, the speaker may indicate, to the mobile phone,that verification succeeds. After receiving an indication from thespeaker, the mobile phone may determine that secondary verificationperformed on the user succeeds.

As shown in FIG. 7(c), after the speaker receives an indicationindicating that secondary authentication performed by the mobile phonesucceeds, the speaker may complete recharging of a phone bill of theuser with a payment platform. After payment succeeds, the speaker mayprompt, by using a voice, the user with “Identity authenticationsucceeds, and recharging succeeds. Please pay attention to an SMSmessage of the mobile phone”.

FIG. 8(a) to FIG. 8(c) show another group of GUIs according to anembodiment of this application.

As shown in FIG. 8(a), a user sends a voice instruction “Hey Celia,please help me recharge 100 yuan of a phone bill” to a speaker. Afterreceiving the voice instruction from the user, the speaker may return“Please repeat 0324 after me” to the user.

After receiving a repeating request from the speaker, the user mayrepeat “0324”. After receiving “0324” read by the user, the speaker mayverify a voiceprint of the user. After verification succeeds, thespeaker may prompt the user with “Perform secondary authentication on amobile phone”.

In a GUI shown in FIG. 8(b), after the speaker receives “0324” that isrepeated by the user, the speaker may indicate the mobile phone toperform secondary verification. After receiving an indication from thespeaker, the mobile phone may automatically pop up a notification box801. The notification box 301 may display “Recharge 100 yuan of a phonebill for a mobile phone with a tail number of 9676, and please performfingerprint verification”, and prompt the user with “Perform fingerprintverification at any location on the screen”. After the mobile phonedetects an operation that the user presses or touches any location on ascreen of the mobile phone by using a finger, the mobile phone maycollect a fingerprint of the user, and verify the fingerprint of theuser. After verification performed by the mobile phone on thefingerprint of the user fails, the mobile phone may indicate, to thespeaker, that secondary authentication fails.

As shown in FIG. 8(c), after the speaker receives an indicationindicating that secondary authentication performed by the mobile phonesucceeds, the speaker may prompt the user with “Identity authenticationfails, and please perform authentication again on a mobile phone”.

It should be understood that, in this embodiment of this application,identity authentication performed by the speaker on the user may includeauthentication performed on the voiceprint of the user and identityauthentication performed by another electronic device on the user. Afteridentity authentication performed by the two devices on the usersucceeds, the speaker may indicate, to the user, that identityauthentication performed on the user succeeds.

If authentication performed by the speaker on the voiceprint of the userfails, the speaker may directly remind the user of “Voiceprintauthentication fails, and please perform authentication again” in FIG.8(a), and further, the speaker may continue to send a repeatinginstruction to the user (which may be a random digit and/or letter thatis the same as a previous random digit and/or letter, a new random digitand/or letter, or the like).

After authentication performed by the speaker on the voiceprint of theuser succeeds, but when the user performs secondary authentication onthe mobile phone, verification performed by the mobile phone oninformation such as a fingerprint, a face, a password, or a verificationcode of the user fails, or the mobile phone does not detect that themobile phone is moved close to the speaker, the mobile phone mayindicate, to the speaker, that secondary authentication fails, so thatthe speaker may remind the user to perform secondary authentication onthe mobile phone again, or the speaker may prompt the user to start nextvoiceprint authentication and identity authentication performed by themobile phone on the user.

In an embodiment, if authentication performed by the mobile phone on theuser succeeds (for example, fingerprint authentication succeeds andfacial authentication succeeds), but the mobile phone determines that acurrent payment amount of the user exceeds a payment amount limit set bythe user on the mobile phone, even if authentication performed by themobile phone on the user succeeds, the mobile phone prompts the speakernot to make payment. For example, after authentication performed by themobile phone on the user succeeds, the mobile phone may indicate, to theuser, that secondary authentication succeeds but a payment amountexceeds a maximum limit. After receiving an indication, the speaker mayprompt the user with “Identity authentication succeeds, but a paymentamount exceeds a limit of 50 yuan. Please adjust the payment amount”.Then, the user may send a voice instruction “Hey Celia, please help merecharge 50 yuan of a phone bill” to the speaker again. After receivingthe voice instruction again, the speaker may first verify the voiceprintof the user. After verification succeeds, the speaker may directlycomplete recharging of a phone bill of the user with a payment platform.

Alternatively, the speaker may verify the voiceprint of the user again,and after verification performed on the voiceprint of the user succeeds,the speaker may indicate the mobile phone to perform secondaryauthentication on the user. After secondary authentication performed bythe mobile phone on the user succeeds, the speaker completes rechargingof a phone bill the user with the payment platform.

The foregoing describes a manner in which multi-device linkage isperformed to perform multi-authentication and verification inembodiments of this application by using FIG. 3(a) to FIG. 8(c). Thefollowing describes a process in which speaker-based voice payment isset at a mobile phone end.

FIG. 9(a) to FIG. 9(d) show another group of GUIs according to anembodiment of this application.

A GUI shown in FIG. 9(a) is a home screen of a mobile phone. The GUIincludes a plurality of application icons, and the plurality ofapplication icons include an icon 901 of Speaker-based voice payment.After detecting an operation that a user taps the icon 901 on the homescreen, the mobile phone may start setting a function related toSpeaker-based voice payment, and display a GUI shown in FIG. 9(b).

The GUI shown in FIG. 9(b) is a setting interface of Speaker-based voicepayment. The GUI includes a plurality of function options, and theplurality of function options include authentication management, serviceauthorization, and the like. The authentication management includesmulti-authentication management, and service authorization includesmobile recharge, a bank transfer, online shopping, and the like. Afterdetecting an operation that the user taps a function 902 ofMulti-authentication management, the mobile phone displays a GUI shownin FIG. 9(c).

The GUI shown in FIG. 9(c) is a function setting interface ofMulti-authentication management. The GUI includes a plurality offunction options for user authentication, and the plurality of functionoptions includes Voiceprint management. After the mobile phone detectsan operation that the user taps a function 903 of Voiceprintauthentication, the mobile phone may prompt the speaker to entervoiceprint information of the user. For a process in which the userenters the voiceprint information, refer to FIG. 9(d).

Referring to FIG. 9(d), after the speaker receives informationindicating that the mobile phone prompts the speaker to enter avoiceprint of the user, the speaker may prompt the user with “Pleaserepeat “Hey Celia” after me”. After hearing a repeating instruction fromthe speaker, the user may repeat “Hey Celia”. The speaker may perform ananalysis based on “Hey Celia” sounded by the user, and store thevoiceprint information of the user. The speaker may continue to promptthe user with “Please count from 0 to 9”. After hearing the repeatinginstruction from the speaker, the user may repeat “0123456789”. Thespeaker may perform an analysis based on “0123456789” sounded by theuser, and store the voiceprint information of the user again.

It should be understood that, in this embodiment of this application, asame distributed operating system may include a mobile phone and aplurality of smart speakers (for example, a speaker 1 and a speaker 2).In the setting interface of Speaker-based voice payment, the user mayfirst select a speaker that needs to be authorized for voice payment.For example, after the mobile phone detects that the user authorizes thespeaker 1 to perform voice payment, the user can perform voice paymentonly by using the speaker 1, but cannot perform voice payment by usingthe speaker 2. The foregoing describes, with reference to FIG. 10(a) toFIG. 10(c), a process in which the user and the speaker enter thevoiceprint information. The following describes a process in which theuser performs secondary authentication management on the mobile phone.

A GUI shown in FIG. 10(a) is a function setting interface ofMulti-authentication management. After a mobile phone detects anoperation that a user taps a function 1001 of Fingerprintauthentication, the mobile phone may prompt the user to enterfingerprint information, and display a GUI shown in FIG. 10(b).

The GUI shown in FIG. 10(b) is a user fingerprint entry interface. Themobile phone may prompt the user with “Place your finger at any locationon the home screen and repeat this step” in this interface. Afterdetecting an operation that the user presses or touches a display byusing the mobile phone of the user, the mobile phone may perform anoperation of entering a fingerprint of the user. After the mobile phonecompletes entry of the fingerprint of the user, the mobile phone maydisplay a GUI shown in FIG. 10(c).

Refer to the GUI shown in FIG. 10(c). After the mobile phone completesentry of the fingerprint of the user, the mobile phone may prompt theuser with “A fingerprint is entered, and you may perform secondaryauthentication by using the fingerprint” on the display.

It should be understood that, in this embodiment of this application, ifthe user previously enters the fingerprint in the mobile phone, forexample, when the user unlocks the mobile phone, the mobile phone may beunlocked by using the fingerprint, and the fingerprint information needsto be entered in advance. In this case, the fingerprint information usedwhen the user unlocks the mobile phone by using the fingerprint may alsobe used as fingerprint information used for secondary authentication.Alternatively, after the user selects fingerprint authentication insecondary authentication management, although the mobile phonepreviously stores the fingerprint of the user, the user may enter afingerprint again.

It should be further understood that in the foregoing fingerprint entryprocess, a fingerprint of a single finger (for example, a thumb or anindex finger) or fingerprints of a plurality of fingers (for example, anindex finger and a middle finger) may be used. In this case, when theuser performs fingerprint authentication on the mobile phone, the userneeds to press a screen by simultaneously using the plurality offingers, and the mobile phone may authenticate the fingerprints of theplurality of fingers.

It should be further understood that the foregoing merely describes acase in which the user selects fingerprint authentication as anauthentication manner of secondary authentication, and the user mayalternatively select an authentication manner such as facialauthentication, password authentication, verification codeauthentication, or NFC authentication.

The foregoing describes, with reference to FIG. 9(a) and FIG. 10(c), aprocess in which the user sets voiceprint authentication and secondaryauthentication on the mobile phone. The following describes a process inwhich the user sets a payment limit of the user on the mobile phone.

A GUI shown in FIG. 11(a) is a setting interface of Speaker-based voicepayment. Service authorization includes mobile recharge, a banktransfer, online shopping, or the like. A user may set limits on aplurality of services. For example, after detecting an operation thatthe user taps a function 1101 of Mobile recharge, the mobile phonedisplays a GUI shown in FIG. 11(b).

The GUI shown in FIG. 11(b) is a setting interface of Mobile recharge.The user may grant limit authorization to Mobile recharge. The limitauthorization includes a single-time limit and a single-day limit. Asshown in FIG. 11(b), after detecting an operation that the user enters100 yuan in the single-time limit and enters 300 yuan in the single-daylimit, the mobile phone may set a corresponding limit. Then, after themobile phone receives secondary authentication information sent by thespeaker, the secondary authentication information may carry rechargingamount information in a voice command of the user. If the amount isgreater than the single-time limit, the mobile phone may indicate, tothe speaker, that a recharging amount of the user is greater than thesingle-time limit or the single-day limit. Therefore, the speaker mayprompt the user to adjust a payment amount.

FIG. 12 is a schematic flowchart of a voiceprint registration methodaccording to an embodiment of this application. As shown in FIG. 12 ,the method may be performed by a speaker. After receiving an indicationindicating that a mobile phone indicates to enter a voiceprint of auser, the speaker may start to register the voiceprint of the user. Thespeaker may first register a wakeup keyword, and prompt the user toenter the wakeup keyword for registration. For example, as shown in FIG.9(d), the speaker prompts the user with “Please repeat “Hey Celia” afterme”. After receiving voice information “Hey Celia” from the user, thespeaker completes registration of the wakeup keyword.

Subsequently, the user may further perform enhanced registration. Forexample, a voiceprint authentication function on the mobile phone mayinclude wakeup keyword voiceprint authentication and enhanced voiceprintauthentication. After detecting that the user selects wakeup keywordvoiceprint authentication and enhanced voiceprint authentication, themobile phone may indicate, by using a cloud server, the speaker toperform wakeup keyword registration and enhanced registration. If thespeaker determines that enhanced registration needs to be performed, thespeaker starts an enhanced registration process, and prompts the user toadd registration of other voiceprint information. For example, as shownin FIG. 9(d), the speaker prompts the user with “Please count from 0 to9”. After receiving voice message “0123456789” from the user, thespeaker may complete enhanced registration of the voiceprint. If thespeaker determines that enhanced registration does not need to beperformed, a voiceprint registration process ends.

FIG. 13 is a schematic flowchart of performing voice payment by using aspeaker according to an embodiment of this application. As shown in FIG.13 , the speaker first receives a voice payment instruction from a user.For example, as shown in FIG. 3(a), the speaker receives a voice paymentinstruction “Hey Celia, please help me recharge 100 yuan of a phonebill” from the user. After voiceprint verification performed by thespeaker on a wakeup keyword in the voice payment instruction succeeds,the speaker may continue to perform secondary voiceprint verification.For example, as shown in FIG. 3(a), the speaker continues to prompt theuser with “Please repeat 0324 after me”. After receiving “0324” that isrepeated by the user, the speaker may perform second voiceprintverification on a voiceprint of the user. After each time of voiceprintverification succeeds, the speaker may indicate a mobile phone toperform secondary authentication.

After receiving an indication indicating that the speaker indicates toperform secondary authentication, the mobile phone may prompt the userto perform secondary authentication on the mobile phone. Secondaryverification may include fingerprint authentication, facial recognition,password authentication, verification code authentication, and touchverification. After second authentication performed by the mobile phoneon the user succeeds, the mobile phone may indicate the speaker toperform payment. The speaker may perform a payment operation with apayment platform.

FIG. 14 is a schematic flowchart of a method 1400 for performing voicepayment by using a speaker according to an embodiment of thisapplication. As shown in FIG. 14 , the method 1400 includes thefollowing steps.

S1401: A speaker receives a voice instruction from a user.

For example, as shown in FIG. 3(a), the user sends a voice instruction“Hey Celia, please help me recharge 100 yuan of a phone bill”.

S1402: The speaker parses the voice instruction from the user, todetermine intent of the user.

In an embodiment, the speaker may include a speech recognition(automatic speech recognition, ASR) module and a semantic understanding(natural language understanding, NLU) module.

The ASR module is mainly configured to recognize a speech of a user astext content, and the NLU module is mainly configured to understandintent (intent) of the user, and perform slot (slot) parsing.

For example, the ASR module converts a voice into a text, to obtaininformation: Hey Celia, please help me recharge 100 yuan of a phonebill.

From this sentence, the NLU module can parse the content shown in Table1.

TABLE 1 Intent (intent) “Recharge a phone bill” Slot (slot) Rechargingamount = “100 yuan” Recharged mobile phone number = “187 × × 9676”

S1403: The speaker sends a verification request to a mobile phone.

For example, the verification request includes identificationinformation of a device, a payment sequence number identifier,information about a commodity, and a payment amount.

The identification information of the device is used to notify themobile phone of a unique ID identifier of the speaker. After receivingidentification information of the speaker, the mobile phone maydetermine whether the speaker is authorized to perform a paymentoperation. It should be understood that a same distributed operatingsystem may include a plurality of speaker devices (for example, anetwork environment includes a speaker 1 and a speaker 2). The mobilephone may set, in Speaker-based voice payment, a speaker that isauthorized by the mobile phone to perform voice payment, for example,the speaker 1. Then, after the speaker 1 receives a voice paymentinstruction from the user, and verification performed by the speaker 1on corresponding voiceprint information succeeds, the speaker 1 may usethe verification request to carry identification information of thespeaker 1, so that the mobile phone determines whether theidentification information of the speaker 1 is identificationinformation of the speaker that is authorized by the mobile phone toperform voice payment.

The payment sequence number identifier is an identifier generated by thespeaker for current payment, and the identifier may be used to indicatethat current recharging is recharging a mobile phone whose mobile phonenumber is “187xxx9676”. The payment sequence number identifier is usedto distinguish between different payment operations. For example, if theuser separately sends voice payment instructions of recharging phonebills of a mobile phone number (for example, “187xxx9676”) of the userand a mobile phone number (for example, “182xxx6834”) of another user,payment sequence number IDs are used to distinguish between differentpayment operations of the user. Alternatively, it can be furtherunderstood that the payment sequence number ID is used as a uniqueidentifier used to distinguish one-time payment. In other words,different IDs are used for current payment and next payment.

The information about the commodity is used by the mobile phone toverify whether the commodity is authorized. For example, the mobilephone does not have an authorization permission for a bank transfer. Ifthe voice instruction received by the speaker indicates to perform apayment operation of the bank transfer, the mobile phone may reject thepayment operation before performing secondary authentication, andindicate, to the speaker, that the mobile phone rejects the paymentoperation.

The payment amount is used by the mobile phone to determine whether acurrent payment amount falls within limit authorization of thecommodity. For example, the user sets, in Speaker-based voice payment inthe mobile phone, a single-time limit of recharging 100 yuan of a phonebill. When a payment amount indicated in a verification request that issent by the speaker and that is received by the mobile phone is 200yuan, the mobile phone may reject the payment operation beforeperforming secondary authentication, and indicate, to the speaker, thatthe mobile phone rejects the payment operation.

It should be understood that, in this embodiment of this application,the speaker and the mobile phone may directly communicate with eachother, or the speaker and the mobile phone may indirectly communicatewith each other by using a cloud server. When the speaker and the mobilephone directly communicate with each other, the speaker and the mobilephone may transmit information such as the verification request and averification response by using a near field communication technologysuch as Bluetooth.

S1404: The mobile phone determines whether the information about thecommodity is authorized and whether the payment amount falls within anauthorized range.

For example, the voice instruction received by the speaker from the useris “Hey Celia, please transfer 500 yuan to a bank card of Zhang Wei”,and the speaker may indicate, to the mobile phone after determiningintent and a slot of the voice instruction, that the information aboutthe commodity is a bank transfer and that the payment amount is 500yuan. After receiving the information about the commodity andinformation about the payment amount, the mobile phone may determinewhether the bank transfer is authorized. If a payment behavior of thebank transfer is authorized, the mobile phone may continue to determinewhether the payment amount falls within the authorized range. Forexample, if an authorized amount range of the bank transfer is less than1,000 yuan for a single time, the mobile phone may determine that thepayment amount falls within the authorized range.

In an embodiment, if the user further sets a single-day limit (forexample, 2000 yuan) of the bank transfer, the mobile phone further needsto determine the single-day limit, to determine whether a currenttransfer amount plus a transfer amount existing before current paymenton a same day falls within 2000 yuan.

S1405: If the mobile phone determines that the information about thecommodity is authorized and that the payment amount falls within theauthorized range, the mobile phone starts to perform secondaryauthentication.

For example, as shown in FIG. 3(b), the mobile phone may authenticate afingerprint of the user.

For example, as shown in FIG. 4(c), the mobile phone may recognize aface of the user.

For example, as shown in FIG. 5(b), the mobile phone may authenticate apassword entered by the user.

For example, as shown in FIG. 6(c), the mobile phone may authenticate averification code entered by the user.

For example, as shown in FIG. 7(b), the mobile phone may detect a touchwith the speaker.

It should be understood that, in this embodiment of this application, ina process in which the mobile phone touches the speaker to performsecondary authentication on the user, inter-device communication may beperformed when the mobile phone is in an NFC touch with the speaker. Forexample, after the mobile phone is moved close to the speaker, themobile phone may send an NFC field strength sensing message to thespeaker. The NFC field strength sensing message carries identificationinformation of the mobile phone. After the speaker receives the NFCfield strength sensing message, the speaker may determine whether theidentification information that is of the mobile phone and that iscarried in the message is the same as identification information that isof the mobile phone and that is stored in the speaker, and if theidentification information that is of the mobile phone and that iscarried in the message is the same as the identification informationthat is of the mobile phone and that is stored in the speaker, thespeaker may indicate that verification performed on the mobile phonesucceeds; or if the identification information that is of the mobilephone and that is carried in the message is different from theidentification information that is of the mobile phone and that isstored in the speaker, the speaker may indicate that verificationperformed on the mobile phone fails. After the mobile phone receives anindication of the speaker, if the speaker indicates that verificationperformed on the mobile phone succeeds, the mobile phone may determinethat secondary verification performed on the user succeeds.

It should be further understood that, the user may set, by using themobile phone, a speaker (for example, the speaker 1) that is authorizedto perform voice payment. After the mobile phone determines that theuser sets the speaker 1 as the speaker that is authorized to performvoice payment, the mobile phone may send the identification informationof the mobile phone to the cloud server, the cloud server sends theidentification information of the mobile phone to the speaker 1, and thespeaker 1 may store the identification information of the mobile phone.Therefore, when there is an NFC touch, the identification informationsent by the mobile phone may be verified.

In an embodiment, the mobile phone may further perform secondaryauthentication in a plurality of authentication manners. For example,the mobile phone may authenticate the user through fingerprintauthentication and an NFC physical touch. Alternatively, the mobilephone may authenticate the user through facial recognition and an NFCphysical touch.

S1406: The mobile phone sends a verification result to the speaker.

For example, the verification result includes the identificationinformation of the device in the verification request, the paymentsequence number identifier, and a verification result of performingsecondary verification by the mobile phone. The verification result isused to indicate whether secondary authentication performed by themobile phone on the user succeeds.

It should be understood that the verification result further needs tocarry the payment sequence number identifier, so that the speaker canclearly determine a specific payment operation for which theverification result is obtained, and the speaker can clearly determinewhether to complete a transaction with a corresponding payment platformfor the payment operation.

It should be further understood that the verification result carries theidentification information of the device (the identification informationof the speaker), so that the speaker learns of a specific speaker forwhich the verification result is obtained. For example, if averification result received by the speaker 1 carries identificationinformation of the speaker 1, and verification succeeds when the mobilephone performs secondary verification, the speaker 1 may complete thepayment operation with the corresponding payment platform for a paymentsequence number identifier in the verification result.

S1407: If the speaker determines that second authentication performed bythe mobile phone on the user succeeds in the verification result, thespeaker may complete the transaction with the payment platform.

A person of ordinary skill in the art may be aware that, in combinationwith the examples described in embodiments disclosed in thisspecification, units and algorithm steps may be implemented byelectronic hardware or a combination of computer software and theelectronic hardware. Whether the functions are performed by hardware orsoftware depends on particular applications and design constraints ofthe technical solutions. A person skilled in the art may use differentmethods to implement the described functions for each particularapplication, but it should not be considered that the implementationgoes beyond the scope of this application.

A person skilled in the art may clearly understand that, for the purposeof convenient and brief description, for detailed working processes ofthe foregoing systems, apparatuses, and units, refer to correspondingprocesses in the foregoing method embodiments. Details are not describedherein again.

In the several embodiments provided in this application, it should beunderstood that the disclosed system, apparatus, and method may beimplemented in other manners. For example, the foregoing apparatusembodiment is merely an example. For example, division into the units ismerely logical function division and may be other division in actualimplementation. For example, a plurality of units or components may becombined or integrated into another system, or some features may beignored or not performed. In addition, the displayed or discussed mutualcouplings or direct couplings or communication connections may beimplemented by using some interfaces. The indirect couplings orcommunication connections between the apparatuses or units may beimplemented in an electrical form, a mechanical form, or another form.

The units described as separate parts may or may not be physicallyseparate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units,in other words, may be located in one location, or may be distributed ona plurality of network units. Some or all of the units may be selecteddepending on actual requirements to achieve the objectives of thesolutions in the embodiments.

In addition, functional units in the embodiments of this application maybe integrated into one processing unit, each of the units may existalone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one unit.

When the functions are implemented in the form of a software functionalunit and sold or used as an independent product, the functions may bestored in a computer-readable storage medium. Based on such anunderstanding, the technical solutions of this application essentially,or the part contributing to the conventional technology, or some of thetechnical solutions may be implemented in a form of a software product.The computer software product is stored in a storage medium, andincludes several instructions for instructing a computer device (whichmay be a personal computer, a server, or a network device) to performall or some of the steps of the method described in embodiments of thisapplication. The foregoing storage medium includes any medium that canstore program code, such as a USB flash disk, a removable hard disk, aread-only memory (read-only memory, ROM), a random access memory (randomaccess memory, RAM), a magnetic disk, or a compact disc.

The foregoing descriptions are merely specific implementations of thisapplication, but are not intended to limit the protection scope of thisapplication. Any variation or replacement readily figured out by aperson skilled in the art within the technical scope disclosed in thisapplication shall fall within the protection scope of this application.Therefore, the protection scope of this application shall be subject tothe protection scope of the claims.

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 24. A system, comprising: a first electronic device;and a second electronic device, wherein the first electronic device andthe second electronic device are associated using a cloud server;wherein the first electronic device is configured to: receive firstvoice information of a user, wherein the first voice informationindicates a payment operation performed by the user; and when avoiceprint feature of the first voice information meets a presetcondition, send request information to the second electronic device,wherein the request information requests the second electronic device toauthenticate the user; wherein the second electronic device isconfigured to: prompt, based on the request information, the user toperform an authentication process, wherein the authentication processcomprises one or more of fingerprint authentication, facial recognition,password authentication, verification code authentication, or near fieldcommunication (NFC) authentication; and when authentication performed bythe second electronic device on the user succeeds, send responseinformation to the first electronic device, wherein the responseinformation indicates that authentication performed by the secondelectronic device on the user succeeds; and wherein the first electronicdevice is further configured to complete the payment operation with apayment platform based on the response information.
 25. The systemaccording to claim 24, wherein the request information comprisesinformation about a commodity corresponding to the payment operation,and the second electronic device is further configured to: beforesending the response information to the first electronic device,determine that the user authorizes payment for the commodity.
 26. Thesystem according to claim 25, wherein the request information comprisesa payment amount of the commodity, and the second electronic device isfurther configured to: before sending the response information to thefirst electronic device, determine that the payment amount falls withina preset limit.
 27. The system according to claim 24, wherein theauthentication process comprises NFC authentication, and the firstelectronic device stores identification information of the secondelectronic device; wherein the first electronic device is furtherconfigured to prompt the user to move the second electronic devicewithin a range of the first electronic device; wherein the secondelectronic device is further configured to send a verification messageto the first electronic device through NFC, wherein the verificationmessage comprises first identification information; and wherein thefirst electronic device is further configured to: when the firstidentification information is the same as the identification informationof the second electronic device, send a verification response to thesecond electronic device, wherein the verification response indicatesthat authentication performed on an identifier of the second electronicdevice succeeds.
 28. The system according to claim 24, wherein the firstelectronic device is further configured to: randomly generateverification information before sending the request information to thesecond electronic device; send second voice information to the user,wherein the second voice information is used to prompt the user torepeat the verification information; receive third voice informationsent by the user, wherein the third voice information comprises theverification information; and determine that a voiceprint feature of thethird voice information meets the preset condition.
 29. The systemaccording to claim 28, wherein the first electronic device is furtherconfigured to: before randomly generating the verification information,prompt the user to enter the verification information.
 30. A method,comprising: receiving, by a first electronic device, first voiceinformation of a user, wherein the first voice information indicates apayment operation performed by the user; when a voiceprint feature ofthe first voice information meets a preset condition, sending, by thefirst electronic device, request information to a second electronicdevice, wherein the request information requests the second electronicdevice to authenticate the user; receiving, by the first electronicdevice, response information sent by the second electronic device,wherein the response information indicates that authentication performedby the second electronic device on the user succeeds; and completing, bythe first electronic device, the payment operation with a paymentplatform.
 31. The method according to claim 30, wherein the requestinformation comprises information about a commodity corresponding to thepayment operation.
 32. The method according to claim 31, wherein therequest information further comprises a payment amount of the commodity.33. The method according to claim 30, wherein the first electronicdevice stores identification information of the second electronicdevice, and before receiving, by the first electronic device, theresponse information sent by the second electronic device, the methodfurther comprises: prompting the user to move the second electronicdevice within a range of the first electronic device; receiving, throughNFC, a verification message sent by the second electronic device,wherein the verification message comprises first identificationinformation; and when the first identification information is the sameas the identification information of the second electronic device,sending a verification response to the second electronic device, whereinthe verification response indicates that authentication performed on anidentifier of the second electronic device succeeds.
 34. The methodaccording to claim 30, wherein before sending, by the first electronicdevice, the request information to the second electronic device, themethod further comprises: randomly generating, by the first electronicdevice, verification information; sending, by the first electronicdevice, second voice information to the user, wherein the second voiceinformation prompts the user to repeat the verification information;receiving, by the first electronic device, third voice information sentby the user, wherein the third voice information corresponds to theverification information; and determining, by the first electronicdevice, that a voiceprint feature of the third voice information meetsthe preset condition.
 35. The method according to claim 34, furthercomprising: before randomly generating, by the first electronic device,verification information, prompting, by the first electronic device, theuser to enter the verification information.
 36. An electronic device,comprising: one or more processors; and one or more non-transitorymemories, wherein the one or more non-transitory memories store one ormore computer programs, the one or more computer programs compriseinstructions, and when the instructions are executed by the one or moreprocessors, the electronic device is enabled to perform the following:receiving first voice information of a user, wherein the first voiceinformation indicates a payment operation performed by the user; when avoiceprint feature of the first voice information meets a presetcondition, sending request information to another electronic device,wherein the request information indicates to the another electronicdevice to authenticate the user; receiving response information sent bythe another electronic device, wherein the response informationindicates that authentication performed by the another electronic deviceon the user succeeds; and completing the payment operation with apayment platform.
 37. The electronic device according to claim 36,wherein the request information comprises information about a commoditycorresponding to the payment operation.
 38. The electronic deviceaccording to claim 37, wherein the request information further comprisesa payment amount of the commodity.
 39. The electronic device accordingto claim 36, wherein the electronic device stores identificationinformation of the another electronic device, and when the instructionsare executed by the one or more processors, the electronic device isfurther enabled to perform the following: before receiving the responseinformation sent by the another electronic device, receiving, throughnear field communication (NFC), a verification message sent by theanother electronic device, wherein the verification message comprisesfirst identification information; and when the first identificationinformation is the same as the identification information of the anotherelectronic device, sending a verification response to the anotherelectronic device, wherein the verification response indicates thatauthentication performed on an identifier of the another electronicdevice succeeds.
 40. The electronic device according to claim 36,wherein when the instructions are executed by the one or moreprocessors, the electronic device is further enabled to perform thefollowing: before sending the request information to the anotherelectronic device, randomly generating verification information; sendingsecond voice information to the user, wherein the second voiceinformation is used to prompt the user to repeat the verificationinformation; receiving third voice information sent by the user, whereinthe third voice information comprises the verification information; anddetermining that a voiceprint feature of the third voice informationmeets the preset condition.
 41. The electronic device according to claim40, wherein when the instructions are executed by the one or moreprocessors, the electronic device is further enabled to perform thefollowing: before randomly generating the verification information,prompting the user to enter the verification information.
 42. Theelectronic device according to claim 40, wherein the verificationinformation comprises a digit or a letter.
 43. The electronic deviceaccording to claim 36, wherein the electronic device is a smart speaker.